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Mississippi State Vs Arizona State Game Preview · Johnny's World

• 0:23
  SPEAKER_00: All right, welcome back to a new episode of the Johnny Worlds Podcast.
• 0:26
  SPEAKER_00: This is BW here with my esteemed colleague Johnny.
• 0:30
  SPEAKER_00: This is week two of Mississippi State Football.
• 0:32
  SPEAKER_00: How are we doing today, Johnny?
• 0:34
  SPEAKER_00: Hey BW, uh doing doing well.
• 0:36
  SPEAKER_01: Week two, first home game.
• 0:37
  SPEAKER_01: So uh one and eight.
• 0:39
  SPEAKER_01: Uh best thing about being one and oh is opportunity to go two and oh.
• 0:43
  SPEAKER_00: So gotta get quick.
• 0:44
  SPEAKER_00: I like that shirt you're wearing, Johnny.
• 0:46
  SPEAKER_00: You can't nobody can see it, but what where'd you get that from?
• 0:49
  SPEAKER_01: Man, this shirt came from the Joe Moorhead days, actually.
• 0:52
  SPEAKER_01: This is like 2018, I believe.
• 0:54
  SPEAKER_01: I got it.
• 0:54
  SPEAKER_01: It was popular then.
• 0:55
  SPEAKER_01: Still got the banner M going.
• 0:57
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, banner M.
• 0:58
  SPEAKER_00: But I like I like the state, the the font at the top's pretty cool.
• 1:02
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I got it.
• 1:03
  SPEAKER_01: Uh fall of 18.
• 1:04
  SPEAKER_01: I remember I every year they always have different Adidas always puts out different ones.
• 1:08
  SPEAKER_01: Uh that was the one for that particular year, but uh but yeah, man, can't can't go undefeated if you don't win the first one.
• 1:15
  SPEAKER_01: So uh we we're one and oh so it was a little a little nervous uh at the beginning as we thought it would be, and then right there were were pretty bad, but they really put it on them in the second half.
• 1:25
  SPEAKER_01: So uh that was good to get a win there.
• 1:27
  SPEAKER_01: And as we talked about last week and the week before, this uh this game coming up is big, biggest game.
• 1:34
  SPEAKER_01: Heard uh on a podcast yesterday, they're talking about this is the finding game of Jeff Levy's career.
• 1:39
  SPEAKER_01: So yeah, uh pressure's on.
• 1:42
  SPEAKER_00: Definitely is.
• 1:43
  SPEAKER_00: I I know, and uh a little bit nervous on that on that first half there.
• 1:48
  SPEAKER_00: You know, we were we were texting, you know, that during the game that scored that first touchdown right away and thought, all right, this this is good, we're gonna run away with it.
• 1:55
  SPEAKER_00: And then definitely not the case in the first half.
• 1:59
  SPEAKER_01: Right.
• 2:00
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 2:01
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, but they they turned it on.
• 2:03
  SPEAKER_00: You know, I thought um overall they they looked good.
• 2:07
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, they they obviously had the the penalties and mistakes and all that kind of stuff, but uh I felt good about the the lines, you know, seemed to be getting good push and quarterbacks held up held up okay.
• 2:18
  SPEAKER_00: And you know, we were giving up some yardage, but we weren't we weren't giving up points.
• 2:21
  SPEAKER_00: Um, you know, that last touchdown towards the end of the game didn't really matter.
• 2:26
  SPEAKER_00: Um would have liked to have seen us score a couple more touchdowns, but overall, I mean, as as pleased as can be on that first week.
• 2:34
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 2:34
  SPEAKER_01: Hey, uh, you get a win.
• 2:36
  SPEAKER_01: Wins aren't easy to come by no matter who you're playing.
• 2:38
  SPEAKER_01: So uh just glad and glad to get start off one and oh.
• 2:42
  SPEAKER_00: That's right.
• 2:43
  SPEAKER_00: Well, uh, let's talk a little bit about um why we're here and we'll go through some of that and then interested to talk a little bit about you know, kind of some other games last week, and then we'll get into the preview for the Arizona State game, and then and then we have a a guest coming on after that.
• 3:00
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• 3:03
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• 5:17
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• 5:18
  SPEAKER_00: That's right.
• 5:19
  SPEAKER_00: Well, Johnny, um, any big surprises from last week for you in the SEC?
• 5:25
  SPEAKER_01: Uh no.
• 5:26
  SPEAKER_01: Um, you know, Florida State being Alabama, I guess, was the biggest surprise.
• 5:31
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 5:31
  SPEAKER_01: Uh I I thought Alabama would win.
• 5:33
  SPEAKER_01: Uh I was a little bit shocked about that.
• 5:35
  SPEAKER_01: So, but man, I'm glad that Alabama lost.
• 5:38
  SPEAKER_01: Sorry, uh any Alabama fans listen to this.
• 5:41
  SPEAKER_01: Y'all y'all deserve to lose.
• 5:42
  SPEAKER_01: You've been on top for way too long, and it's nice seeing uh seeing there not be a dominant dynasty like Alabama was for many, many years.
• 5:51
  SPEAKER_01: Uh uh I feel like the dynasty is dead.
• 5:53
  SPEAKER_01: We talked about that last week with the coach uh letting people like roll tie willie come to practice.
• 5:59
  SPEAKER_01: And I read something where they were the curfew guys are getting door dashed in the middle of the night.
• 6:04
  SPEAKER_01: Like it's just like no, it seems like there's no the guy, the coach there doesn't have control over the team like Sabin did, and it's showing uh that's just gonna keep getting worse um until you get some type of mentality in there like like Saban.
• 6:17
  SPEAKER_01: But of course, he was he's the goat, so there's no one else like Saban, but uh it's amazing how one guy, uh it's kind of like like LeBron in basketball, you all you know, yeah, you go to the Cavs and the Cavs are awesome.
• 6:28
  SPEAKER_01: He leaves the Cavs, the Cavs are terrible.
• 6:31
  SPEAKER_01: Um, it's just like that.
• 6:32
  SPEAKER_01: It's amazing how one guy can make a difference.
• 6:34
  SPEAKER_01: But uh Saban is the difference in Alabama football, and it's it's obvious.
• 6:39
  SPEAKER_01: And uh, so yeah, that was the only upset.
• 6:42
  SPEAKER_01: Uh I thought Clemson was gonna win.
• 6:44
  SPEAKER_01: I'm glad LSU won, but I was surprised by that.
• 6:48
  SPEAKER_01: Um I did think Clemson, I picked Clemson to win uh because LSU have been starting off five years in a row losing the opening game.
• 6:57
  SPEAKER_01: So uh it was good to see them.
• 6:59
  SPEAKER_01: I think they're gonna be in the mix for the uh national championship.
• 7:02
  SPEAKER_01: We talked about that last week with Peter Burns, but uh yeah, no really other surprises.
• 7:07
  SPEAKER_01: Uh Bill Belichick got smoked uh Monday night.
• 7:10
  SPEAKER_01: I mean uh Monday night, Labor Day night, and that was not surprising at all.
• 7:14
  SPEAKER_01: I didn't I don't I think that's gonna be a train wreck, man.
• 7:16
  SPEAKER_01: Uh Belichick is nothing without Tom Brady.
• 7:20
  SPEAKER_01: Exactly.
• 7:20
  SPEAKER_01: We saw that at the Patriots when Brady left.
• 7:23
  SPEAKER_01: So um he's just a name, and and he's all in the media with his young girlfriend.
• 7:27
  SPEAKER_01: So this is pretty crazy.
• 7:28
  SPEAKER_01: Uh they're just kind of uh uh they're just gonna be in the in the news all the time, but not for the right reasons.
• 7:35
  SPEAKER_01: Um Notre Dame Miami was a really good game.
• 7:37
  SPEAKER_01: I don't know if you got to watch that one.
• 7:39
  SPEAKER_00: I missed that one.
• 7:40
  SPEAKER_00: Um that was one I I had circled I wanted to watch, and I just just didn't get around to watching it.
• 7:45
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, it was it was really good.
• 7:47
  SPEAKER_01: Um, so yeah, a lot, lots of uh good games.
• 7:50
  SPEAKER_01: Uh this week uh is not as good of a slate, but uh but oh and hey uh and Lee Corso, did you get to see that?
• 7:57
  SPEAKER_01: His final game.
• 7:58
  SPEAKER_00: Oh, yeah, that was awesome.
• 7:59
  SPEAKER_01: That was awesome.
• 8:00
  SPEAKER_01: He went out with a bang, man.
• 8:01
  SPEAKER_01: He picked his alma mat of Florida State and to beat Alabama and they did, and then he finished his uh career just like he picked his first one with Ohio State.
• 8:10
  SPEAKER_01: And uh, and that was uh um I didn't get to watch that game because it was on the same time as our game.
• 8:15
  SPEAKER_01: Right.
• 8:15
  SPEAKER_01: I saw the highlights and that Arch wasn't that great, but I mean I mean the guy hadn't really played that much his opening game on the road against the defending national champions.
• 8:23
  SPEAKER_01: Right.
• 8:24
  SPEAKER_01: That's a tough one there, yeah.
• 8:28
  SPEAKER_01: Both of those teams will be in the mix in the playoff, and Arch is gonna have a great year.
• 8:32
  SPEAKER_01: Um, so it's gonna be uh it's gonna be fun to watch.
• 8:36
  SPEAKER_01: But uh but this week coming up, uh Arizona State.
• 8:39
  SPEAKER_01: I don't know if you saw the quotes.
• 8:41
  SPEAKER_01: Um the guy, the coach said that there's no place to stay around Starble.
• 8:45
  SPEAKER_01: That's pretty nuts that he said that.
• 8:47
  SPEAKER_01: Uh, but sound more like it's his game, game uh planning people that need need uh need a tip on it because there's definitely places to stay around Starble Hotel right across the street from the stadium.
• 8:58
  SPEAKER_01: So obviously they've been about this trip for two years.
• 9:01
  SPEAKER_01: So uh I don't know why he's complaining about having to stay so far away.
• 9:05
  SPEAKER_01: They just didn't didn't book it right, I don't guess.
• 9:07
  SPEAKER_01: But that and then they had a Cowbills yesterday at practice, and then the quarterback said that uh it reminded him of a high school football game.
• 9:14
  SPEAKER_01: So it's like, man, if there's anything that's bulletin board material, Arizona State's just spouting out right for for state to put on the bulletin board.
• 9:22
  SPEAKER_01: Um so man, if Mississippi State were somehow to get a win this weekend, it sure would be nice uh for all the stuff that they've been saying this week.
• 9:30
  SPEAKER_01: But uh it's gonna be tough.
• 9:32
  SPEAKER_01: It's gonna be real tough.
• 9:34
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, it is.
• 9:34
  SPEAKER_00: It definitely is.
• 9:35
  SPEAKER_00: Uh yeah, I mean, lots to talk about from last week.
• 9:38
  SPEAKER_00: It was a good week.
• 9:39
  SPEAKER_00: Um that that Ohio State um Texas game was interesting.
• 9:43
  SPEAKER_00: I I don't know, you know, I think it didn't really do anything for either one of those teams to win that game or really to play that game at this point in the season.
• 9:52
  SPEAKER_00: You know, kind of felt like the coaches weren't gonna really like show much of their cards for the rest of the season.
• 9:57
  SPEAKER_00: And because I think they both expect to be there in the end.
• 10:00
  SPEAKER_00: And um kind of we'll see.
• 10:03
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, I wouldn't be surprised if they meet again and then you know, it's one of those, it's a shootout or something like that.
• 10:08
  SPEAKER_00: 42-35.
• 10:09
  SPEAKER_00: It was crazy to score 14 to 7.
• 10:11
  SPEAKER_00: Um, so a little bit of a letdown as far as the entertainment value goes.
• 10:17
  SPEAKER_00: But like you said, I wasn't really watching that anyway.
• 10:19
  SPEAKER_00: I was was watching our game.
• 10:20
  SPEAKER_00: So um, yeah, same thing with Belichick.
• 10:23
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, that's just that whole thing is crazy.
• 10:26
  SPEAKER_00: Like I I didn't I didn't think he was that kind of person like when he was at New England.
• 10:32
  SPEAKER_00: It's just really like shocking that all that the all that circus around all that stuff.
• 10:37
  SPEAKER_00: So but anyways, um yeah, and then Florida State, Alabama, um not much else to say about that, but it's interesting, like Deboer, like I wonder what the difference was in Washington.
• 10:50
  SPEAKER_00: Was it just the the level of competition?
• 10:52
  SPEAKER_00: But I mean, they they did well obviously in the playoff games, too, against better competition, but um I guess it's just not the same as SEC.
• 11:02
  SPEAKER_00: So yeah, better translation.
• 11:04
  SPEAKER_01: It's the pressure and the l living up to Sabin is the is the thing, man.
• 11:07
  SPEAKER_01: If it was any other coach that he's replacing, uh it'd be a little bit different.
• 11:11
  SPEAKER_01: But the fact that Saban, I think the Boers already lost what, four or five games, and and Saban didn't lose that many until years down the road.
• 11:19
  SPEAKER_01: So yeah, the fact that who he's coming in after is just uh impossible to to uh replace.
• 11:25
  SPEAKER_01: So that makes it harder for him.
• 11:27
  SPEAKER_01: But um but yeah, it's it's it's it'll be interesting to see how they turn out this season.
• 11:32
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
• 11:33
  SPEAKER_00: For sure.
• 11:34
  SPEAKER_00: Um, any games you have circled this week besides ours?
• 11:37
  SPEAKER_01: I think uh Michigan and Oklahoma is gonna be a good one.
• 11:40
  SPEAKER_01: That's where uh game day is gonna be.
• 11:42
  SPEAKER_01: Uh that'll be a big big one, but uh really not much.
• 11:45
  SPEAKER_01: Ole Miss Kentucky, you know, last week.
• 11:47
  SPEAKER_01: I mean, last year Kentucky upset Ole Miss in Oxford and kept him out of the playoffs.
• 11:52
  SPEAKER_01: Uh I'm sure Land Kiffin and Ole Miss has had this on their schedule for a year, certainly game.
• 11:58
  SPEAKER_01: So look for I look for Ole Miss to just absolutely destroy Kentucky.
• 12:02
  SPEAKER_01: I don't think Kentucky's anyway this year, but just the fact of what happened last year, I think they're gonna they're gonna they're gonna dominate them.
• 12:10
  SPEAKER_00: Yep.
• 12:10
  SPEAKER_00: I agree.
• 12:12
  SPEAKER_00: I agree.
• 12:13
  SPEAKER_00: Um well um let's talk about uh our game, Arizona State.
• 12:19
  SPEAKER_00: So uh are you going?
• 12:22
  SPEAKER_01: Oh yeah, I'll be there.
• 12:23
  SPEAKER_01: I'll be there.
• 12:24
  SPEAKER_01: Can't wait.
• 12:24
  SPEAKER_01: Uh first home game.
• 12:26
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, it's gonna be a blackout.
• 12:28
  SPEAKER_01: Uh crazy wearing all black uniforms.
• 12:31
  SPEAKER_01: Uh uniforms kind of been a talk this year, bringing back the interlocking logo and all that sort of stuff.
• 12:36
  SPEAKER_01: So it's pretty cool.
• 12:38
  SPEAKER_01: Um, but yeah, I think uh I think it's gonna be a good game, good crowd, I hope.
• 12:43
  SPEAKER_01: Uh being the first game.
• 12:45
  SPEAKER_01: But um we'll see what happens.
• 12:48
  SPEAKER_01: Um my score prediction, BW, is I think we're gonna lose.
• 12:52
  SPEAKER_01: I think it's I've been thinking about this.
• 12:53
  SPEAKER_01: I think the score is gonna be 31-17.
• 12:56
  SPEAKER_01: You know, last oh wow.
• 12:57
  SPEAKER_01: Last week, uh uh we were about I was about to touch down away from our from the correct pick, but I just think Arizona State uh has more.
• 13:05
  SPEAKER_01: I hope not, especially after what we just talked about, the bulletin board material uh that we have.
• 13:11
  SPEAKER_01: Um I really hope that we can do it.
• 13:13
  SPEAKER_01: And and like we said, it's Levy's uh it's gonna be uh it's the biggest game of his career at Mississippi State.
• 13:18
  SPEAKER_01: So um I just man, I just don't have faith that that that the Bulldogs can do it.
• 13:23
  SPEAKER_01: Uh they'll have to show us something that we haven't seen yet for that to happen.
• 13:27
  SPEAKER_01: And what they saw, what I saw against Southern Mess is really nothing, nothing to write home about.
• 13:32
  SPEAKER_01: It's just shocking.
• 13:34
  SPEAKER_01: Like, oh my gosh, like I'm so impressed.
• 13:36
  SPEAKER_01: I mean, you you should have taken care of business against Southern Mess.
• 13:39
  SPEAKER_01: That's just my opinion on the on the matter.
• 13:41
  SPEAKER_01: I think we're gonna drop it, but uh hey, maybe they can prove me wrong.
• 13:44
  SPEAKER_01: I hope we we'll get the win.
• 13:45
  SPEAKER_01: What do you think?
• 13:47
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, you know, it's I hate to feel that way.
• 13:51
  SPEAKER_00: And this this this week feels so much more exciting because of what it means like for the rest of the season.
• 13:58
  SPEAKER_00: And it feels like this is gonna be the best in a home environment that we're gonna have right now.
• 14:04
  SPEAKER_00: Um but imagine you know you win this game and then and then that that environment uh for that Tennessee game, um, you know, Davis Wade would be hopping.
• 14:14
  SPEAKER_00: Um and compare that to if we lose this game, um, you know, what that's gonna look like again.
• 14:20
  SPEAKER_00: And so, you know, I really hope that we can pull it off just for sake of you know putting some excitement back into the program and all that kind of stuff.
• 14:29
  SPEAKER_00: I was listening to um Thunder Lightning the other day.
• 14:32
  SPEAKER_00: They were talking about the longest win streaks that that they've had.
• 14:35
  SPEAKER_00: Like when was the last time Mississippi State won five games in a row?
• 14:38
  SPEAKER_00: And I think did they end up going back to 2014?
• 14:42
  SPEAKER_00: I can't remember what it was because I think they won four in a row in 17, but um, but then they made the comment that's never gonna happen again.
• 14:48
  SPEAKER_00: And I just hate that comment.
• 14:50
  SPEAKER_00: Like, I hate to think that that's not on the table like ever again for Mississippi State football.
• 14:56
  SPEAKER_00: So like it could be an eternal optimist, but I just just hate to have that attitude.
• 15:02
  SPEAKER_00: Um, because you know, it could you win this game um and and you upset Tennessee, it could potentially happen this year.
• 15:10
  SPEAKER_00: So um, but then as I predicted earlier this, you know, a couple weeks ago that this is the year of streaks.
• 15:17
  SPEAKER_00: I think we we could win five in a row, but we could also lend with lose six in a row after that.
• 15:21
  SPEAKER_00: So um so I'm I'm holding to my prediction here.
• 15:25
  SPEAKER_00: Um I'm holding on that that we win this game.
• 15:28
  SPEAKER_00: Um, I think it's gonna be a close game and definitely not gonna run away with it if we win it, but I'm saying 35-31 Mississippi State wins it.
• 15:36
  SPEAKER_01: That'll be a shootout, man.
• 15:38
  SPEAKER_01: That'll be uh be interesting.
• 15:40
  SPEAKER_01: But yeah, it you know, we when we were in college BW, we had a home winning streak dating from 1998, I believe, or the end of yeah, 98 season, beginning of 98 season, all the way up until the end of 2000 season.
• 15:56
  SPEAKER_01: So that's 98, 99, that's three years where we didn't lose a home game.
• 16:01
  SPEAKER_01: Uh, so that's uh to say that would never happen again is really, really, really hard to hard to believe out of a hundred years of football, you know.
• 16:10
  SPEAKER_01: I mean, eventually it's gonna happen again.
• 16:12
  SPEAKER_01: But uh, but the the way we where we are now, kind of what we talked about last week.
• 16:18
  SPEAKER_01: Uh we're at the bottom of the SEC and there's a top tier.
• 16:21
  SPEAKER_01: Uh, it makes it really hard to do, especially with the NIL uh NIL and everything.
• 16:26
  SPEAKER_01: Uh, but to say that we can never win five games in a row is pretty crazy.
• 16:30
  SPEAKER_01: Uh, but we just definitely have to take small steps like we talked about earlier.
• 16:34
  SPEAKER_01: For first small step is winning this game.
• 16:36
  SPEAKER_01: Let's take a game by game.
• 16:37
  SPEAKER_01: We can win this game, then all the momentum comes back.
• 16:40
  SPEAKER_01: People are be hopping back on the bandwagon, uh, win the next two and get to Tennessee undefeated.
• 16:45
  SPEAKER_01: And man, you'll have the biggest crowd at Davis Wade in in a long, long time.
• 16:49
  SPEAKER_01: So yeah, uh, but you got to take care of this first.
• 16:52
  SPEAKER_01: If you hey hey, look, even if you drop this game, but you're in the game and it's close till the very end, I think people still be on board.
• 16:59
  SPEAKER_01: But yeah, what you don't want to happen is come into this game and get blown out.
• 17:02
  SPEAKER_01: Get blown out the season's already over with, people are gonna jump off and and uh it's just it's gonna be bad.
• 17:07
  SPEAKER_01: So at least play competitive, uh, give it a fight.
• 17:10
  SPEAKER_01: Arizona State should win, they're favored to win, they're the better team, but crazier things can happen.
• 17:16
  SPEAKER_01: And uh hey, uh hopefully we can we can pull it off.
• 17:20
  SPEAKER_01: But uh um it would be exciting just to be back in in in the stadium and and um be back.
• 17:26
  SPEAKER_01: Football's here, so good stuff.
• 17:28
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, yeah.
• 17:29
  SPEAKER_00: Well, hopefully you you enjoyed and the weather turns out good and ends up being a good game.
• 17:33
  SPEAKER_00: I'll definitely be watching from Memphis.
• 17:35
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I hope they put uh I like how they put in Kamario Taylor uh last week.
• 17:39
  SPEAKER_01: That was pretty good.
• 17:39
  SPEAKER_01: Oh, I like that too.
• 17:41
  SPEAKER_01: The running package kind of reminded me of Tebow during the 2000 uh what uh six season with Chris Leek was a quarterback.
• 17:48
  SPEAKER_01: You threw in T Bow and you knew what was happening.
• 17:50
  SPEAKER_01: Everybody in the stadium knew he was running up the middle.
• 17:52
  SPEAKER_01: Can you stop him?
• 17:53
  SPEAKER_01: And Camario Taylor is a big dude, really big guy.
• 17:56
  SPEAKER_01: And you know when he's getting the ball, he's he's running full speed.
• 17:59
  SPEAKER_01: So I hope they use him more in packages like that because uh that's that's that's fun to watch and um we'll see how it is.
• 18:06
  SPEAKER_01: But hopefully Shapin can can stay healthy and can have a have a good year.
• 18:10
  SPEAKER_01: But uh we'll we'll find it out on Saturday.
• 18:14
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I like that they put him in too, just in this era with the transfer portal and you know, keep him active.
• 18:19
  SPEAKER_00: And then if he does get thrown into the game, um, you know, shaping gets hurt or something like that, he's at least had a couple snaps, and he's not just standing there on the sideline watching this whole season, and then he's just thinking, all right, I can go somewhere and play, you know, next year.
• 18:34
  SPEAKER_00: Um, you know, give him a little taste of of what it would be like for him next year to get him to hang around.
• 18:40
  SPEAKER_00: I like that idea.
• 18:42
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, definitely.
• 18:43
  SPEAKER_01: The the years of uh red shirting a quarterback and having him for four or five years are gone, man.
• 18:49
  SPEAKER_01: Like the guys saying they're they're transferring out, so uh at least get him involved.
• 18:54
  SPEAKER_01: And then you know Shapin's gone after this year.
• 18:57
  SPEAKER_01: So uh and then Crewman Hawk was brought in as a I guess a uh just uh insurance policy on Shapin if he gets hurt.
• 19:05
  SPEAKER_01: But I do think Mario Taylor is a future for Mississippi State football right now.
• 19:10
  SPEAKER_01: Um he's got the size, he's got the strength, he's got he's got everything.
• 19:14
  SPEAKER_01: He's a freshman.
• 19:15
  SPEAKER_01: So um I do think it'll be it'll be good to keep him, get him involved, put him in plays like like they did the other day, and and see what happens.
• 19:23
  SPEAKER_01: So um though that's exciting to look forward to.
• 19:27
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, for sure.
• 19:29
  SPEAKER_00: Well, um y'all get in there, make your picks on the pick'em this week.
• 19:34
  SPEAKER_00: I didn't even check the scores this week.
• 19:36
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, yeah, check it too.
• 19:37
  SPEAKER_01: Uh I think everybody made picks.
• 19:39
  SPEAKER_01: I don't think anybody missed so that's good.
• 19:42
  SPEAKER_01: Because if you're missing it, if you miss a week of picks, you're you're out of it because it's a cumulative game at the end of the season, is what we're looking at.
• 19:51
  SPEAKER_01: So uh yeah, I think uh everybody nobody really uh ran away with it this week.
• 19:56
  SPEAKER_01: Uh let me look right now.
• 19:57
  SPEAKER_01: I'll pull it up for us to give a shout out to who's ever in first place.
• 20:02
  SPEAKER_01: But um, but yeah, that that's a fun way to uh to stay involved right now.
• 20:07
  SPEAKER_01: Uh BW first place in the standings is dogs gone wild.
• 20:13
  SPEAKER_01: Dogs gone wild.
• 20:14
  SPEAKER_01: Dogs gone wild is it at first, cat scratch fever in second, and mud bugs in third.
• 20:20
  SPEAKER_01: So uh mud bugs, he's been around.
• 20:22
  SPEAKER_01: He's been around for a few years.
• 20:24
  SPEAKER_01: I think he's one of those hard people to get in touch with that wins.
• 20:26
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I think he's won some stuff.
• 20:28
  SPEAKER_01: Yep.
• 20:29
  SPEAKER_01: Come on, mud bugs.
• 20:31
  SPEAKER_00: I think we probably owe you from owe you some coffee from last year.
• 20:34
  SPEAKER_01: Yep.
• 20:35
  SPEAKER_01: Uh BW, me and you are in eighth to ninth place.
• 20:38
  SPEAKER_01: Okay.
• 20:39
  SPEAKER_01: There's 16 people in the league.
• 20:41
  SPEAKER_01: Uh actually, someone joined in this week.
• 20:45
  SPEAKER_01: Right now, it looks like we have a new entry.
• 20:47
  SPEAKER_01: It's zero and zero.
• 20:49
  SPEAKER_01: So uh glad they joined in, but it's gonna be hard for them to catch it up in the in the end, but it'll still be fun to to make picks.
• 20:56
  SPEAKER_01: But uh, but yeah, right now dog's gone wild is the leader in the clubhouse going into week two.
• 21:01
  SPEAKER_00: All right.
• 21:03
  SPEAKER_00: Well, uh, as we said earlier, y'all get on there and get some coffee, johnnypacker.net, and um we've got our guests.
• 21:10
  SPEAKER_00: You want to say a little bit about our guests before?
• 21:12
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, so we can uh I've talked about this before.
• 21:15
  SPEAKER_01: We're having uh there's a pool party, excuse me, in Starville uh every year called the uh it's the um dog paddle, and it's put on by the Octavio County Humane Society at Moncrief Park swimming pool.
• 21:29
  SPEAKER_01: And it's pretty much uh you bring it's your owners and their pets.
• 21:32
  SPEAKER_01: They get to go and they're in the swim pool there.
• 21:34
  SPEAKER_01: You can swim with your dogs and uh really fun event, raises money for the Humane Society.
• 21:39
  SPEAKER_01: So uh I'm getting uh we we have I've reached out to the Humane Society or our guest uh is someone who is involved with their Humane Society who's gonna come on and tell us a little bit about the event, what the Humane Society does, how to get involved.
• 21:52
  SPEAKER_01: And uh also while while we're talking about the Humane Society, I'm gonna throw this in there.
• 21:56
  SPEAKER_01: Uh, there is a uh pet uh mayor, start with pet mayor.
• 22:00
  SPEAKER_01: Mayor and uh I remember two years ago I missed it, I missed the deadline on it, and I could not enter Bo into it.
• 22:07
  SPEAKER_01: And uh I remember reaching out to the people and they're like, sorry, Miss Deadline, just try again in two years.
• 22:11
  SPEAKER_01: And I'm thinking, man, Bo's like 13.
• 22:14
  SPEAKER_01: I'm like, man, 15.
• 22:15
  SPEAKER_01: I don't know if he's gonna be around.
• 22:17
  SPEAKER_01: And sure enough, he wasn't around.
• 22:19
  SPEAKER_01: But um uh but our my good friend uh Robert Kemp's dog, Buster Camp, uh won the pet mayor in in 2023.
• 22:28
  SPEAKER_01: And uh he uh served as the pet mayor.
• 22:30
  SPEAKER_01: Then he uh was an older dog and he passed away uh this past year or so uh so Bo and Buster are both uh I talked to Robert and said then he was like Bo and Buster, probably up in heaven, talking about the the good times they had in the in the cotton district.
• 22:45
  SPEAKER_01: So uh now there's a new election to get a new pet mayor.
• 22:50
  SPEAKER_01: And I got an email yesterday saying that there have been five candidates, and uh and the let and the open the voting started today and it runs to September the 15th at 7 p.m.
• 23:00
  SPEAKER_01: You can vote as many times as you want, but the good thing about it, the reason why I'm talking about this is every vote goes to the Humane Society.
• 23:07
  SPEAKER_01: So it's five dollars to vote.
• 23:09
  SPEAKER_01: So if you wanted to vote four times, donate 20 bucks, do that, and it goes to the uh to the humane society.
• 23:15
  SPEAKER_01: So every single vote you you do, it goes the money goes there.
• 23:19
  SPEAKER_01: So um, and then at the end of the election, uh obviously whoever raised the most money uh ends up being the pet mayor.
• 23:28
  SPEAKER_01: And the pet mayor gets to represent the city of Starville for two years, and uh they get to be at different events and all that sort of stuff.
• 23:35
  SPEAKER_01: So uh so yeah, I'm I'm happy to get Natty on board on this and hopefully we can run a successful campaign.
• 23:42
  SPEAKER_01: Her slogan is don't be bratty, vote for Natty.
• 23:46
  SPEAKER_01: I like it.
• 23:46
  SPEAKER_00: So Natty Whalen Packer.
• 23:49
  SPEAKER_01: Natty Whalen Packer.
• 23:50
  SPEAKER_01: So get on there, uh just Google uh Starful Pet Mayor, you'll see the five candidates.
• 23:56
  SPEAKER_01: Select the one you want, hoping you'll select Natty Whalen Packer.
• 24:00
  SPEAKER_01: Uh put in the amount of votes you want and submit it.
• 24:03
  SPEAKER_01: And then the donations will go to the Octavio County Humane Society.
• 24:06
  SPEAKER_01: So as we say, like the coffee, it's a win-win deal.
• 24:08
  SPEAKER_01: You get to you get to vote on a fun election, but also you're donating towards a great cause, helping pets in need.
• 24:14
  SPEAKER_01: So uh pet lovers like us, man, that that's that's something we we really enjoy.
• 24:19
  SPEAKER_01: So uh so anyway, we're gonna have we're gonna have our our friend on from the Humane Society to talk about uh the uh the dog paddle coming up uh Saturday morning.
• 24:28
  SPEAKER_01: So y'all stay tuned to listen to that.
• 24:31
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, and I'll put a link in there um for the pet election perfect um into the show notes down there.
• 24:37
  SPEAKER_00: Uh Johnny, just one more question.
• 24:38
  SPEAKER_00: Where is Moncrief Park?
• 24:40
  SPEAKER_00: Where is that in Starkville?
• 24:41
  SPEAKER_01: Okay, yeah.
• 24:41
  SPEAKER_01: Moncrief Park is over there on I believe it's North Jackson Street.
• 24:45
  SPEAKER_01: So like you're going to the uh OCH, the hospital, right?
• 24:49
  SPEAKER_01: Uh is to the right back there, and there's a dog park and uh there's a swimming pool.
• 24:54
  SPEAKER_01: So it's like the I think it's the public swimming pool in Starville uh called Moncrief Park.
• 24:59
  SPEAKER_01: So okay.
• 24:59
  SPEAKER_01: That's where we have it every yeah.
• 25:01
  SPEAKER_00: Nice.
• 25:02
  SPEAKER_00: Never knew that was back there.
• 25:04
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
• 25:05
  SPEAKER_00: All right.
• 25:06
  SPEAKER_00: We all stay tuned and uh everybody have a good week.
• 25:09
  SPEAKER_00: Hopefully, we're talking next week about a victory.
• 25:11
  SPEAKER_01: Yes, sir.
• 25:12
  SPEAKER_01: Hope so.
• 25:13
  SPEAKER_01: So we'll see y'all next week and stay tuned for this interview and come on out to the dog paddle this weekend.
• 25:18
  SPEAKER_01: Bring your pet and vote for Natty in the pet mayor election.
• 25:21
  SPEAKER_01: And thank y'all so much.
• 25:21
  SPEAKER_01: And get some coffee, Johnnypacker.net.
• 25:23
  SPEAKER_00: That's right.
• 25:24
  SPEAKER_01: Okay, uh, welcome back.
• 25:25
  SPEAKER_01: New edition of Johnny's World Podcast.
• 25:27
  SPEAKER_01: It's Johnny here.
• 25:28
  SPEAKER_01: BW is out checking people's eyeballs.
• 25:30
  SPEAKER_01: I'm doing this interview solo today, but we are thrilled to have someone on today from the Octavio County Humane Society to talk about the upcoming event this weekend in case you're coming up to start well uh for the game this weekend and you have a pet.
• 25:43
  SPEAKER_01: Uh, we'd love for you to join us uh Saturday morning.
• 25:46
  SPEAKER_01: So, Ryan Handrin from the Octavia County Humane Society.
• 25:49
  SPEAKER_01: Welcome to Johnny's World Podcast.
• 25:51
  SPEAKER_01: Thanks for coming on.
• 25:52
  SPEAKER_02: Thanks for having me.
• 25:53
  SPEAKER_01: Yes, sir.
• 25:54
  SPEAKER_01: Well, just tell our listener a little bit about who you are and how you got involved with the Humane Society.
• 25:59
  SPEAKER_02: Sure.
• 26:00
  SPEAKER_02: So my name is Ryan Handron.
• 26:02
  SPEAKER_02: I uh from the Rocky Mountains.
• 26:04
  SPEAKER_02: I was born in Montana, spent most of my life in Wyoming and Colorado.
• 26:08
  SPEAKER_02: I ended up in Mississippi because I volunteered for a deployment with a unit from Houston, and I just decided to stay.
• 26:15
  SPEAKER_02: So I uh I've worked at Rick's Cafe in Startwell for the last 15 years.
• 26:21
  SPEAKER_02: I started out as a door guy, worked my way up to bar back and manager, and then uh last year Rick wanted to retire, so my wife and I bought it from him.
• 26:29
  SPEAKER_02: So now we are running Rick's Cafe together, and that's a lot of fun.
• 26:34
  SPEAKER_02: Um I uh we both uh have been volunteers with the Humane Society since 2016 officially.
• 26:42
  SPEAKER_02: Um I have been doing a little bit of sidework for them for a lot longer than that.
• 26:47
  SPEAKER_02: We're the volunteer coordinators mostly, uh, which means we do like the orientations and stuff like that, and then basically keep the uh volunteers situated once they once they get in.
• 26:58
  SPEAKER_02: I also do all of the cat tree rescue for this area.
• 27:01
  SPEAKER_02: So if a a cat gets stuck in a tree within three hours of here, I'm the guy that goes and gets it out uh safely.
• 27:08
  SPEAKER_02: And that's uh it happens a lot more than you might think.
• 27:11
  SPEAKER_02: Uh that's that's probably the most fun part of of my job.
• 27:15
  SPEAKER_02: And as far as I as far as I know, it's the most fun anybody gets to have in the Humane Society.
• 27:21
  SPEAKER_02: So uh I'm I'm really lucky that I get to do that.
• 27:26
  SPEAKER_02: Um yeah, so that's that's a little bit about me.
• 27:30
  SPEAKER_02: Uh as far as the dog paddle, uh, this is one of our favorite events.
• 27:35
  SPEAKER_02: Um, this is a ton of fun for our entire community.
• 27:39
  SPEAKER_02: This is gonna be the 15th year that we're having our dog paddle.
• 27:43
  SPEAKER_02: We are really grateful to you, the Startville Parks and Rec for hosting this event every year.
• 27:49
  SPEAKER_02: Um it's extra work on them, um, but it it does help us raise money for our shelter.
• 27:55
  SPEAKER_02: And it's a it's a fun community event, too.
• 27:58
  SPEAKER_02: Uh so what happens is pet owners get to bring their pets to swim at our uh at our city pool, the Moncrief uh park pool from 9 a.m.
• 28:07
  SPEAKER_02: to noon this Saturday, September 6th.
• 28:10
  SPEAKER_02: Um so it's uh it's the last last weekend was the last uh you know swimming week of of the uh human year.
• 28:18
  SPEAKER_02: So before they drain the pool, everybody gets to come and hang out with their dogs.
• 28:21
  SPEAKER_02: And it's it's really cool if you haven't been.
• 28:23
  SPEAKER_02: Um whether you've got a dog or not, it's a ton of fun.
• 28:27
  SPEAKER_02: Uh we we bring out some shelter dogs.
• 28:30
  SPEAKER_02: It's a bunch of dogs that have been rescued from around here, you know, a bunch of dogs, just other people that uh own own animals and come out.
• 28:38
  SPEAKER_02: And there's a bunch of people that don't have dogs that just come and watch because it's so fun.
• 28:42
  SPEAKER_01: So yeah, and on a on a person, I've been a few years in a row uh with my with my dog Bo.
• 28:49
  SPEAKER_01: And then he he passed away last year.
• 28:51
  SPEAKER_01: And I have a new dog, a puppy named Natty.
• 28:53
  SPEAKER_01: So this will be her first time to come to the dog paddle, first time to swim.
• 28:57
  SPEAKER_01: So I'm anxious to see how she does with that.
• 28:59
  SPEAKER_01: But uh it's a whole lot of fun.
• 29:01
  SPEAKER_01: And people out here are listening to this podcast.
• 29:03
  SPEAKER_01: If you're coming in town to Starble, uh if you have your dog, or if you're from Starble, you don't know about it.
• 29:08
  SPEAKER_01: It's a great event.
• 29:09
  SPEAKER_01: Like you said, it's at Moncree Park.
• 29:11
  SPEAKER_01: Now, um, you said it's from nine to noon.
• 29:13
  SPEAKER_01: Um, how how much is entry and all how does all that work?
• 29:16
  SPEAKER_01: How can they sign up?
• 29:17
  SPEAKER_02: Right.
• 29:18
  SPEAKER_02: So right now you can sign up online at OCHSMS.org.
• 29:22
  SPEAKER_02: It's uh$35 to do it now.
• 29:24
  SPEAKER_02: Um, or you can just uh sign up at the event.
• 29:28
  SPEAKER_02: It's also$35 at the door now.
• 29:30
  SPEAKER_02: Uh the early sign-up is over.
• 29:32
  SPEAKER_02: Um, but that includes a shirt uh with uh you know limited availability and uh one entry for for you and your dog.
• 29:43
  SPEAKER_02: If uh if if you have an additional dog, it's ten dollars per additional dog.
• 29:48
  SPEAKER_02: And if you if you're coming and you don't have a dog, but you just want to come and watch, it's a five dollar spec uh spectator fee.
• 29:55
  SPEAKER_02: So uh it's only five bucks to come and watch if you don't have any dogs.
• 29:59
  SPEAKER_02: Uh that$35 and any other donations that we raise, uh, it all goes to um something called the uh the Second Chance Fund, which is a a really unique, um it's a really unique fund that the Octave Block uh County Humane Society has.
• 30:17
  SPEAKER_02: And it's a it's a critical support uh program that provides cats and dogs in our community with extra care and support.
• 30:24
  SPEAKER_02: Um sometimes it's a shelter pet recovering from a treatable uh treatable medical issue.
• 30:29
  SPEAKER_02: Um and sometimes it's like a a community family pet that needs some extra support so that they can stay in the home with them.
• 30:37
  SPEAKER_02: This is the fun that helps bridge that gap.
• 30:40
  SPEAKER_02: So um sometimes we've got shelter animals that are suffering from serious injuries, it might be a broken bone, it might be heartworm disease or some kind of chronic condition.
• 30:51
  SPEAKER_02: Uh, but we know that this animal, if we could help them recover, would be a great pet for somebody.
• 30:57
  SPEAKER_02: So this is the fund that helps cover those costs.
• 31:00
  SPEAKER_02: Um sometimes we get pet owners that are going through financial hardships and they're having um they might have urgent medical bills or they might need help getting a fence fixed, they might need some pet food, you know, because maybe their house burned down.
• 31:16
  SPEAKER_02: So this is the fund that reaches out into our community to help make sure that pets get a stay with their families when that is the best situation available.
• 31:26
  SPEAKER_02: So it's a really neat fund um that that makes a a really unique difference in our community.
• 31:33
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, that's that does.
• 31:34
  SPEAKER_01: That makes a huge difference.
• 31:36
  SPEAKER_01: And uh props for y'all for doing that.
• 31:38
  SPEAKER_01: Because uh, yeah, that's that's that's really, really great.
• 31:41
  SPEAKER_01: Um now tell talk to people about now if you're coming down the road and you see the humane society, there's a there's a building being built there.
• 31:47
  SPEAKER_01: What what's gonna be going on there?
• 31:48
  SPEAKER_01: And tell some about the humane society, the construction going on there.
• 31:52
  SPEAKER_02: Sure.
• 31:53
  SPEAKER_02: So uh we've been operating out of uh one building that does all of our adoptions, intakes, medical, everything uh for about the last 20 years.
• 32:02
  SPEAKER_02: And last year uh we were able to uh partner with some of our major donors and ASPCA and uh Pet Smart Charities and help get some um a couple new buildings built.
• 32:14
  SPEAKER_02: So one of them is done and it's already operating.
• 32:18
  SPEAKER_02: Uh, it started uh right about Thanksgiving of last year.
• 32:21
  SPEAKER_02: So we're almost at the one-year point, and that's our low-cost play and neuter clinic.
• 32:25
  SPEAKER_02: Um, we have a huge overpopulation program in the southeast, and in Octabaw County, it's not any better.
• 32:32
  SPEAKER_02: Um, we have a lot of accidental litters, a lot of people that um you know want to just have one litter and then get them fixed, and you know, stuff happens on the side for for many reasons.
• 32:43
  SPEAKER_02: Uh people aren't getting their their pets bayonittered.
• 32:46
  SPEAKER_02: And so the best option that we can uh give to to alleviate some of that problem is to offer a low-cost spay and neuter clinic every day.
• 32:56
  SPEAKER_02: So we had been partnering with the Bet School, um, but just do the scheduling, it could only be a couple days a month where we could make it all work.
• 33:05
  SPEAKER_02: Um now we have a a full-time eight to five low-cost spay and neuter and microchip clinic available to anybody that can make it there.
• 33:13
  SPEAKER_02: Um, you do need to make an appointment, um, you can do that online.
• 33:17
  SPEAKER_02: Uh, but it's uh it's the lowest cost option anywhere around here, and uh we would love to help get anybody's pet spay neutered to to help fix this problem we've got going on.
• 33:28
  SPEAKER_02: The building next to it is uh is still under construction right now.
• 33:33
  SPEAKER_02: Um there's a couple things that need to get finished on the roof on that.
• 33:36
  SPEAKER_02: Um but once it's done, that's gonna be our new um dog adoption and uh transport facility.
• 33:44
  SPEAKER_02: So, right now, because we have such an overpopulation program in the South, the biggest way that our shelter makes a difference is by transporting animals out of Octabaugh County up to places that have much higher adoption rates.
• 33:56
  SPEAKER_02: So um places like New York and especially along the East Coast, there's a lot of shelters that have waiting lists.
• 34:02
  SPEAKER_02: Um as soon as these animals are showing up, they get adopted.
• 34:05
  SPEAKER_02: So we load up a ton of animals on the on the into crates and either load them up into a bunch of vans or sometimes we take them to GTR and load them up onto an air airplane and and send 50 to 100 dogs up to shelters up north all at once.
• 34:21
  SPEAKER_02: Right now, when we do that, it basically shuts down our normal operation.
• 34:25
  SPEAKER_02: Uh we have you know 50 to 100 animals in crates in our hallways, uh, and then we do all of the loading in in our um parking lot, which is a gravel parking lot in Mississippi.
• 34:38
  SPEAKER_02: So, you know, we've got a 50% chance of it raining.
• 34:41
  SPEAKER_02: Uh there's no fence around there.
• 34:43
  SPEAKER_02: So, you know, we've been lucky that nothing you know, we nothing bad has happened, and we've just been wet and cold.
• 34:49
  SPEAKER_02: Um, but uh when this new facility opens, it'll uh we'll be able to do all that transporting inside and it won't shut down our normal uh operations in the way that it does.
• 34:59
  SPEAKER_02: So we are really excited to get that building online as well.
• 35:03
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, y'all are y'all, it seems like something's always going on over there, and always hear hear y'all's name in a good way, always in the news.
• 35:09
  SPEAKER_01: Like today, for instance, the uh the uh start ball uh pet mayor was announced that the the campaign was going on.
• 35:15
  SPEAKER_01: I actually put my dog in the in in the in the running right now.
• 35:18
  SPEAKER_01: So hopefully she'll get it.
• 35:19
  SPEAKER_01: Good luck, Natty.
• 35:20
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, Natty is her name.
• 35:21
  SPEAKER_01: So good uh good luck to Natty.
• 35:23
  SPEAKER_01: But um tell us a little bit about that.
• 35:25
  SPEAKER_01: Uh that seems like such a fun, fun thing.
• 35:26
  SPEAKER_01: I know y'all did it a couple years ago.
• 35:28
  SPEAKER_01: Um, but the good thing about it, every vote uh when you vote for this thing, every vote goes to the humane society.
• 35:34
  SPEAKER_01: Talk a little bit how important that is.
• 35:36
  SPEAKER_02: You know, all of these uh all of these little donations really add up.
• 35:40
  SPEAKER_02: We are a hub, um as as not I don't know if we chose it or if it chose us, um, but Actibaha County Humane Society is a hub for for all of the local shelters in the area.
• 35:56
  SPEAKER_02: Um we've been recognized by the ASPCA as kind of a little shining star in the southeast, um, whereas a lot of other communities are pulling back and taking resources away and and losing donations.
• 36:09
  SPEAKER_02: Uh, we see Startwill stepping up and and really notice, you know, not not turning the other cheek to this problem.
• 36:17
  SPEAKER_02: Um and that's that's really important.
• 36:20
  SPEAKER_02: And the reason that that happens is because a bunch of people donate one and two dollars a time, you know, uh at a time.
• 36:26
  SPEAKER_02: Right.
• 36:26
  SPEAKER_02: Uh this is a grassroots organization um at its best.
• 36:31
  SPEAKER_02: And and really every dollar goes directly to helping animals in need.
• 36:36
  SPEAKER_02: Uh this is not a place that has uh, you know, a bunch of big overhead with a bunch of, you know, I'm a volunteer.
• 36:43
  SPEAKER_02: I probably spend 20 to 40 hours uh a month um of my time volunteering and I'm on the light end of it.
• 36:50
  SPEAKER_02: There's there's people that this is basically a full-time life for them.
• 36:55
  SPEAKER_02: So uh, you know, every every dollar that we're every dollar that we're raising is is helping save a life um of a of some animal in this community.
• 37:07
  SPEAKER_02: So, you know, whether it be through voting for the mayor, uh the pet mayor, or um or you know, coming to the dog paddle, all that stuff really does make a difference.
• 37:17
  SPEAKER_02: It it helps us uh you know provide just daily care um for these animals and the the things that they need to to get adopted and become you know stay good, adoptable animals in their forever home.
• 37:29
  SPEAKER_01: So yeah, it it all adds up.
• 37:32
  SPEAKER_01: That's the cool thing about grassroots fundraising.
• 37:34
  SPEAKER_01: You know, people people think uh when they're oh, I'm not gonna donate my my my donation's not gonna make a difference, but it does.
• 37:39
  SPEAKER_01: Every little penny, every like you said, every dollar counts because uh when you're when you're dealing with something like that, I mean it it makes a difference and it it really does.
• 37:48
  SPEAKER_01: And so just by what you just said, just by simply voting in the pet mayor or coming to the dog battle, any type of events throughout the year that you partner with the the community to get the community involved is an easy way for someone to help save the life of a pet and and what you're talking about.
• 38:03
  SPEAKER_01: And so uh props to y'all for doing that.
• 38:05
  SPEAKER_01: Uh really commend y'all and y'all's y'all all on all of y'all's hard work.
• 38:10
  SPEAKER_01: Um that it's everyone, I can't stand up good things about the humane side.
• 38:14
  SPEAKER_01: Everybody talks about good about y'all and with a good reason for what for everything y'all are doing for the community.
• 38:19
  SPEAKER_01: It's definitely a community involvement, and uh just so thankful.
• 38:22
  SPEAKER_01: Um, anything else you want to add?
• 38:24
  SPEAKER_01: Uh other than that, we'll just uh we'll see everybody at the dog panel on on Saturday.
• 38:28
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, I just I just want to thank uh the Starkle Parks one more time.
• 38:32
  SPEAKER_02: We're we're so grateful that the Starkle Parks and Rec um you know continue to host this event for us.
• 38:38
  SPEAKER_02: Uh we need we need these kind of events to to stay relevant in the community's eyes, to to not uh to be a fun organization that the community wants to be involved with, where it's not just uh you know a sad thing that we're asking for money.
• 38:55
  SPEAKER_02: Like this is a this is a fun thing that you get to do, um, you know, and be involved with.
• 39:00
  SPEAKER_02: So uh we're we're really grateful that uh Starville Parks and Rick lets us do this, and and we really hope that uh Octa, you know, the that our the the people of Starville and the people of Octavol County come and uh come and hang out with us this weekend.
• 39:15
  SPEAKER_02: We'd love to see you.
• 39:17
  SPEAKER_01: Absolutely.
• 39:17
  SPEAKER_01: Well, thanks so much, Ron, and we'll see everybody at the dog panel from nine to twelve on Saturday at Monterey Park.
• 39:23
  SPEAKER_01: Appreciate you taking time out today, Ron.
• 39:24
  SPEAKER_01: Thank you very much.
• 39:25
  SPEAKER_01: Have a day.